The Sand Snake scripts were so bad I really can't comment on their acting. No one could deliver those lines well. Newest Mountain is no First Mountain, but they're kind of constrained by the physical requirements for that role. Daario is fine. Don't see the problem with him at all. I know others disagree, but I way prefer him to silly original Daario.
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*UNMARKED SPOILERS ALL BOOKS* Game of Thrones |OT| - Season 6 Offseason Thread
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The Sand Snake scripts were so bad I really can't comment on their acting. No one could deliver those lines well. Newest Mountain is no First Mountain, but they're kind of constrained by the physical requirements for that role. Daario is fine. Don't see the problem with him at all. I know others disagree, but I way prefer him to silly original Daario.
Any other idea's on who McShane might play besides Randyll Tarly? I guess there's Howland Reed but I doubt that one.
Speaking of which, he's probably a tad too young looking but I always picture Howland looking something like this Sean Harris.
You know, minus the ginger.
I really liked the ones I bolded. The others were either servicable or bad.
Speaking of which, he's probably a tad too young looking but I always picture Howland looking something like this Sean Harris.
You know, minus the ginger.
I really liked the ones I bolded. The others were either servicable or bad.
Septon Meribald, Marwyn the Mage, the Elder Brother, or a Northern lord.
Areo Hotah was complete shit. For his first line he put on an accent, and then dropped it for the remainder of his scenes. He had no presence whatsoever in his limited screentime. It was a really half-assed performance, in my opinion (not that he had much to do in the first place).
Do we know if we're getting a separate Meribald and Elder Brother? I figured those two were sure to be merged.
I'd love to see Marwyn, just to find out wtf he's about, but they don't seem to really be casting any Citadel characters in the casting lists that have come out.
We still don't know if we're getting either. As for the casting calls, they're usually given out in (more or less) region- or character-specific batches, so it would make sense that we haven't seen anything to do with Oldtown yet. Let's hope it doesn't stay that way!
Speaking of Marwyn, I'm curious to see what the Citadel looks like.
Areo Hotah barely had any presence in the books, even as a POV. He never left an impression on me. I thought the actor did fine but there was so little to like about Dorne anyway.
This has to be the fastest you've ever linked anything here.
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The Sand Snakes get a bad rap from an acting perspective. One has won an Academy Award iirc. The problem there was 100% writing and directing.
I thought the casting of Doran was great, but didn't like the performance that much. But again that was casting and directing IMO. Doran is such a great character and I'm baffled why they kept his gout but erased any hint of it being painful. That would have been very interesting to watch an actor pull off.
I think we all knew the Frey stuff would resurface this season, but it's good to have some confirmation. I wonder if they managed to get either of the two Frey sons from season 3 back. This sounds like we may get some of the internal Frey family dynamics.
Looks like it's all but officially confirmed that Walder Frey is returning next season. Hopefully they wrap up the Bolton plot within the first half of the season so we can focus on Walder and Euron as the villains.
And this might confirm Jaime going to the Riverlands next season. The casting specifies that the character will be interacting with multiple major characters next season. I can't think of anybody else that would be in the Riverlands aside from Brienne and Jaime.
And this might confirm Jaime going to the Riverlands next season. The casting specifies that the character will be interacting with multiple major characters next season. I can't think of anybody else that would be in the Riverlands aside from Brienne and Jaime.
Steelyuhas
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Blackfish pls
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Didn't Walder Frey's actor say that D&D told him that he would be back for Season 6?
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He was in that book that came out a decade ago.
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They sure do like to waste actors from Rome.
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Why cast notable actors if you're just going to do nothing with them....
It's amazing that such a huge scene like the Red Wedding has virtually had no followup, in terms of what happened to the Blackfish or what the Freys are doing or anything else. Goes back to D&D being more interested in adapting big scenes, completely divorced from any sense of worldbuilding or context.
No way anybody remembers them. Many people think the Red Wedding was Robb Stark's wedding anyway.
Even Jon Snow does, in the Seth Meyer "dinner guest" piece he says "my brother was stabbed at his own wedding".
I thought actor playing Walder Frey was busy doing another series. I'm glad they are bringing him back.
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He really does know nothing.
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It really annoyed me when I saw that.
The say it again in the Coldplay musical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPsjjlzDh8o
"If you're here for the wedding of Robbie Stark"
Fucking nobody's here for the wedding of Robbie Stark
He wasn't even stabbed.
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haha! yeah, that is frustrating.
Last thing that happens before he dies is Roose stabbing him in the heart.
The Lanisters send their regards etc.
I feel very dumb right now. Can't believe I actually forgot.
Are you in the right thread?
Oh yes for sure. Maybe I'm just tired heh.
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Who is Ghost?
Oh yeah, Sam's direwolf.
Oh yeah, Sam's direwolf.
Oh wow, Sydow, too? They're going all out on big-name actors. Now they just need to make my dream of Ian McKellan as Marwyn, with Patrick Stewart cast as a more conservative maester happen, and have long scenes of them bickering about whether or not magic is real.
But yeah, I'm 100% down with recasting Bloodraven. Hell, go back and CGI a redesigned Sydow Bloodraven into that season 4 scene and I'll rebuy the Bluray.
But yeah, I'm 100% down with recasting Bloodraven. Hell, go back and CGI a redesigned Sydow Bloodraven into that season 4 scene and I'll rebuy the Bluray.
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